How Google Works
Eric Schmidt
(Author)
Jonathan Rosenberg
(Author)
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Description
In this insider's look into the world's biggest tech company, former CEO and SVP of Google share how they helped engineer a new strategy and philosophy to help them thrive--a perfect book for seasoned business employees and the tech curious. Today, Google is a global icon that regularly pushes the boundaries of innovation in a variety of fields. How Google Works is an entertaining, page-turning primer containing lessons that Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg learned as they helped build the company. The authors explain how technology has shifted the balance of power from companies to consumers, and that the only way to succeed in this ever-changing landscape is to create superior products and attract a new breed of multifaceted "smart creatives." Covering topics including corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption, the authors illustrate management maxims with numerous insider anecdotes from Google's history, many of which are shared here for the first time. In an era when everything is speeding up, the best way for businesses to succeed is to attract smart-creative people and give them an environment where they can thrive at scale. How Google Works explains how to do just that.
Product Details
Price
$18.99
$17.66
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Publish Date
March 21, 2017
Pages
320
Dimensions
10.5 X 8.9 X 0.8 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781455582327
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Eric Schmidt served as Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011 and transformed it into a global technology leader. He is now Google's executive chairman. Jonathan Rosenberg joined Google in 2002 and managed the design and development of the company's consumer, advertiser, and partner products, including Search, Ads, Gmail, Android, Apps, and Chrome. He is currently an advisor to Google CEO Larry Page.
Reviews
"Chairman Eric Schmidt and exec advisor Jonathan Rosenberg pull back the curtain to reveal how the company created its unique culture of workplace innovation."--Fortune
"An informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman's perspective."--Kirkus
"An energized and exciting primer on creating a company and workforce prepared to meet an inspiring future."--Publisher's Weekly
"An informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman's perspective."--Kirkus
"An energized and exciting primer on creating a company and workforce prepared to meet an inspiring future."--Publisher's Weekly